Article from Forum- courtesy of David Izod

Division 2
Fulham 0 Millwall 3

Lions maul jaded Fulham


Millwall crept into an unlikely play-off spot tonight after a comprehensive 3 nil victory tonight over a tired looking Fulham here at Craven cottage. Its the second time the teams have faced each other this week, and after Mondays 3rd round English shield victory, its back to back wins for the Lions over their well healed West London neighbors. Fit again, Esteban Granero earned a recall tonight, but it was the another of Millwall's increasingly impressive midfielder's who opened the scoring. After an even 25 minutes, great work by Mauro Boselli resulted in a corner for the visitors being met by the head of unmarked Frenchman Sebastien Lemoine. In at times,a bad tempered contest which saw Referee Uriah Renie, cautioning 4 players, the Lions had to wait until the hour mark before putting the game beyond the cottagers reach. Man of the match Boselli capped an excellent offensive display with a long range screamer, which arrowed beyond a despairing Mark Schwarzer. Barely two minutes after the restart, and with Fulham in disarray, Spaniard Granero was gifted the time to take two efforts to poke the ball home for the South Londoners third and final goal. In an increasingly tight division the 3 points sees the Lions rise to 6th spot, and with 24 points ,well on their way to manager Dave Izod's survival target of 45. Next up for Millwall is this weekends visit to the New Den from a revitalized Sheffield Wednesday, where a win for the relegation tipped Lions may see them climbing into fourth spot.